When I see them I just think that the person must worry less about skin cancer than I do.
Exactly. Which is why plastic surgeons are so poorly paid.
BTW, WTH is a ‘potential’ whim?
Often one single flaw makes people more beautiful somehow. I’m not sure psychologically why this is the case but I find it to be true.
When they do computer simulations of the “ideal woman” in terms of facial proportions and the like, to many people they seem plain and boring. They don’t have anything striking or distinctive. I think moles can be both.
Ehh? I have a small freckle/mole on my left cheek that I’ve always kind of liked. It’s distinctive. As critical as I am about my own physical appearance, I’ve never thought of having that removed. I’ve got one on my left bum cheek, too, and I don’t mind it either.
The one on my face has diminished over time, probably due to exfoliation/peels, and I kind of miss it now. It’s not really visible anymore if I have regular makeup on. I’ve just never thought that others might find it ugly. Oh, well.
I’m still baffled by these questions of what is and what isn’t beautiful to a particular person. It is and always has been a matter of personal taste, ya know, the whole beholder thing. And yes, I find them attractive as long as they’re not huge and covered in hair on any part of the body.
I have a small mole about an inch from the left side of my bottom lip. I have never, not once, given it any thought. Not as a “beauty mole” or something unattractive.
Perhaps they don’t have “a few hundred dollars” just to remove a small mole?
One which isn’t necessarily actual. The repulsion for moles is potential in the general population, actual in those people who find moles repulsive.
I’d think most people who get moles removed do so because they themselves don’t think they look good (as well as for non-cosmetic reasons).
(my bolding)
I knew a groundhog who had a mole removed.
The mole was eating all the best grubs and the groundhog finally got tired of sharing.